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    • Sam Francis (1923-1994)
    Lot 216

    Sam Francis (1923-1994)

    Blue, Yellow, Red

    Price realised

    USD 293,000

    Estimate

    USD 200,000 - USD 300,000

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    Sam Francis (1923-1994)
    Blue, Yellow, Red
    oil on canvas
    16¼ x 18 in. (41.2 x 45.7 cm.)
    Painted circa 1959-1960.

    Provenance

    David Anderson, New York, 1960
    David Anderson Gallery, New York
    Museum Folkwang, Essen
    Private collection
    Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 30 June 1994, lot 31
    Waddington Galleries, London
    Private collection, New York
    Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 9 May 2012, lot 127
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings: 1946-1994, Berkeley, 2011, no. SFF.309 (illustrated in color).


    Exhibited

    London, Waddington Galleries, American Art: A Selection from Waddington Galleries, 1997, no. 8 (illustrated in color).


    Other information

    Saleroom Notice

    Please note that the work is inverted in the catalogue illustration.


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